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Yes, I got the same email and was not happy with the increase. I may consider dropping the protection plan. I'm also curious what kind of equipment upgrade it would be? We currently have 2 HD DVRs and are happy with those. We don't want a whole home DVR. What else could they upgrade?

Yes, I got the same email and was not happy with the increase. I may consider dropping the protection plan. I'm also curious what kind of equipment upgrade it would be? We currently have 2 HD DVRs and are happy with those. We don't want a whole home DVR. What else could they upgrade?

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That was the question I had as well. I've got three HR20's, an HR22, and an HR21 just died and I received an HR23 to replace that (hooking that one up tonight).

Does this mean I may be able to upgrade my HR20's to HR24s? Given the fact in the past they cannot guarantee on a 'dead receiver replacement', for instance, that you will get a particular model, just an HR2x, what would the 'equipment upgrade' clause mean to someone who only has HD DVRs right now?

just fyi, and this has been posted here before, DirecTV's definition of an upgrade is not what you would typically think. It basically means replacing your receiver with another type. Going from a HD DVR to a DVR could be considered an upgrade if that is what the customer wants. Also for those saying they are going to cancel the pplan you had to of had it for 1yr or be subject to a 10.00 early disconnect fee. The advantages of having it are plenty why not keep it?

I have had this for some time (I think we piloted in Texas??). I can tell you that my first "2yr upgrade" was "upgrading" my H24 to an HR21. Needless to say the HR21 is not the speediest thing on the planet, but the H24 was initially free and now the HR21 was free so I didnt really complain too much. Plus its in the bedroom where it is used more as 2 more tuners to record than anything else.

So I decided to downgrade my package in order to help offset the protection plan increase and the package increase from earlier in the year. I called to make sure downgrading my package would not affect my $10.00 for 24 months (free HD) credit. The customer service rep said that a downgrade would affect it but that she could give me an additional $10.00 credit for six months. I suppose I can look at it as my "equipment upgrade". I very rarely get any goodies like this from DirecTV so I'm glad I made the call.

I have the PP and I received the email. At the moment, I'm not too upset because the other day I called CS to see if there was anything they could to to lower my bill ........It pays to be NICE and FRIENDLY because not only did she give me a 30 dollar credit on my current bill coming up, but she gave me 13 dollars off the next six months.......With that I cannot complain at all.

I do know if anything every happened to my 2 HR24's and they replaced them with an HR21, I'd just die because I hate the HR21's with a red hot purple pink passion.

We have been told that policy is now that hr24 is replaced with hr24. Going from an h24 to a DVR does not offer such protections, or he did it before the policy change. This is assuming that the reports of the change are correct.

Compare it to your monthly bill for a year. Look at the % and decide if the insurance is worth it.

Compare to AAA road service, your car insurance, your homeowners insurance and life insurance.
What is the % you pay vs. the risk and value.

Each person will have their own view.

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going to keep it, price increase is less then the cost of a single drink that I order when I am out to dinner, way less then the cost of a soda when I take the kids to a show or I upsize a meal from a local McChoke and Puke fast food restaurant.

Beside it is way less the 4th price increase in a little under a year for the sewer bill, it is averaging about 19 percent each quarter.

Have used the PP a number of times over the last 9 years for bad lnb's, squirrel chewed wiring, wind damage, replacement of a couple of dead dvr's (owned). Use my auto insurance less over the same time period and pay a heck of lot more for it.

Never quite understood the PP in the first place! I've never had it and probably never will but I just had an HR23 go out a few weeks ago. They sent me a replacement for I think $19 cost on my part. I just can't see wasting $8 a month for something that may only happen every few years. Now, if the $8 a month could guarantee my wife would get all her recordings back that would be worth it, just so I don't get all the grief for something I had nothing to do with! Lol.

Never quite understood the PP in the first place! I've never had it and probably never will but I just had an HR23 go out a few weeks ago. They sent me a replacement for I think $19 cost on my part. I just can't see wasting $8 a month for something that may only happen every few years. Now, if the $8 a month could guarantee my wife would get all her recordings back that would be worth it, just so I don't get all the grief for something I had nothing to do with! Lol.

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First time I had Directv - for about six years - I can't tell you how many times the PP saved me more than I spent on it. Between equipment - the early days of HD & DVRs - and dish realignments/issues (on the roof of a three story house with limited access) it was a worthy investment. Not for everybody though.